Large collection of autograph letters from American Jews to the Chief Rabbis of Jerusalem (mostly to R. Shmuel Salant and R. Yitzchak Blazer). Contains poignant details regarding family matters, communal concerns as well as financial obligations

(AMERICAN JUDAICA)

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Early 20th century

Hebrew, handful in English

Numerous letters written by American Rabbis with much biographical details. Including: Abraham Jacob Gershon Lesser of Chicago (author of Ohel Moed); Dov Aryeh Levinthal; Dovber Abramowitz; Moses Halevi Lipschitz and R. Yaakov Yosef (“RJJ”). With details of the controversy between Moshe Zevulun Margulies (RAMAZ) and R. Friederman of Boston; administrative difficultie in relation to Kollel America and the Vaad Haklali Knesseth Yisrael- Kupath Rambam (R. Meir Baal Haness); and accounts of unscrupulous emissaries. Chief Rabbi Salant receives many requests for blessings, as well as surprisingly petty demands for trinkets from Jerusalem. A vivid record of the social and cultural history of American Jews from over eighty three (mostly small) towns in twenty nine States